Bible: Jud 8

Salutation

Condemnation of the False Teachers

1:3Dear friends, although I have beeneagerto writeto you7aboutourcommonsalvation, I now feelcompelled8instead to writeto encourage9youto contend earnestly10for the faith11that was once for all12entrustedto the saints.131:4Forcertainmen14have secretly slipped in among you15 – men who long ago16 were marked out17 for the condemnation I am about to describe18 – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil19 and who deny our only Master20 and Lord,21 Jesus Christ.

1:5Now I desireto remindyou(even though you have been fully informedof these facts22 once for all23) thatJesus,24having savedthe25 peopleout ofthe landof Egypt, later26destroyedthose who didnotbelieve.1:6You alsoknow that27 the angelswho didnotkeepwithin theirproper domain28butabandonedtheir ownplace of residence, he has kept29in eternalchains30inutter31 darkness, locked up32 forthe judgmentof the greatDay.1:7So also33SodomandGomorrahandthe neighboringtowns,34since they indulged in sexual immoralityandpursuedunnatural desire35in a way similarto36 these angels,37are now displayedas an exampleby sufferingthe punishmentof eternalfire.